"The object of his praying, therefore, is that his prayer become like
incense, and the lifting of hands like an evening sacrificeboth are
acceptable. Now, how would that happen? If both were pure, if both were
spotless, both tongue and hands, the latter cleansed of avarice and
rapacity, the former rid of evil words. After all, as a censer should
hold nothing impure, only fire and incense, so too the tongue should not
utter a tainted word, only holiness and praise; so too the hands should
be a censer. Accordingly, let your mouth be a censer and see to it that
you do not fill it with dung; people who utter shameful and unclean
words are like that."
St. John Chrysostom.
"If you love Me, keep My commandments." John 14:15
Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.
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